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You can always find good Unity-related sessions at DevGAMM. It’s something we are not planing to change in the future. This time we gathered speakers from all over the world to explore different Unity topics, from VR to rendering. If you want more insight into Unity universe, make sure to register for Unite Europe, we’ve announced earlier.

Speaker: Antony Douglas, VP EMEA, Unity Technologies
Session:Virtual Reality is going to change the digital experience forever. At Unity we are building tools that will enable developers and to publish next-gen content today. In this talk, Antony Douglas and Andy Touch will highlight the evolution of the Unity engine and its support for VR. We will demonstrate in-editor design principles that will help you to create amazing VR projects and get the most from this exciting new technology.
When & Where:  May 12, 12:00, Orange Hall

Speaker: Andy Touch, Tech Evangelist, Unity Technologies
Session: Shader programming has always been seen as a scary and intimidating dark magic; learning it can feel like tumbling down a never-ending rabbit hole. Fear not! As Andy will give a hand’s-on, in-Editor, crash-course guide on how to write your own custom shaders in the Unity Game Engine, to achieve interesting effects, unique visuals and show how powerful, flexible and easy they can be to create!
When & Where: May 12, 16:00, Orange Hall

Speaker: Alex Feer, CTO, Zillion Whales
Session: Alex will speak about the technologies used to deal with challenging tasks of developing real-time strategy game Mushroom Wars 2.
When & Where: May 13, 12:30, Yellow Hall

Speaker: Nikolai Shalimov, Lead Software Engineer, EPAM Systems
Session: Using 3D textures on platforms that don’t support 3D textures. Efficient rendering of huge amount of data on “weak” hardware. Tricks and shader’s magic.
When & Where: May 12, 17:30, Yellow Hall

Speaker: Pavel Shtangeev, Lead Game Designer, zGames
Session: Unity provides a wide range of tools to build game worlds in the Scene editor right from the box. So why fix what’s not broken? In this session Pavel will talk about level design cases that require custom features for the editor and what to do to improve its effectiveness a lot.
When & Where: May 13, 17:30, Orange Hall

Speaker: Valentin Simonov, Field Engineer, Unity Technologies
Session: In this report, Valentin will tell how Unity helps in the development of games and applications for virtual reality, and mention the topic of development for Microsoft HoloLens with a special version of the engine – Unity Technical Preview for HoloLens.
When & Where: May 12, 16:30, Blue Hall

And, of course, visit Unity booth (P2). Show you project to Andy Touch and get valid advise how to optimise it. Get familiar with the most effective methods how to monetize your game with UnityAds. Please register to participate in session with Slava Taraskin. Take part in the drawing to get main prize – you free ticket to Unite Europe plus avia ticket.

Unite Europe lands in Amsterdam soon!!!

Unite Europe 2016 is this year’s most important gathering of developers, publishers, training providers and enthusiasts interested in Unity – the market leader platform for creating video games, simulations, and other interactive 3D and 2D content.

Unite Europe 2016 offers four days of learning and inspiration, including advanced hands-on tutorials, technical sessions, first-hand information about upcoming Unity features, and an opportunity to join a lavish party. Unite Europe is a great place to meet fellow developers, learn new techniques and tricks, and present your own Unity projects.

There will be a lot of news to share with attendees in our opening keynote. We’ll reveal key details about our new product and pricing structure, and how this will provide more choice over how you use and pay for Unity. As always we’ll invite guest speakers from the community to join us onstage, to show their gorgeous games and give their unique view on creating with Unity.

We are still putting together the roster of amazing tracks and speakers so be sure to check out the Unite Europe website where the final schedule will be available soon.

At this year’s training day you’ll learn how to build a 3D point and click adventure game set in a mechanical futuristic world. Book your ticket soon, seats are limited!

Be one of the first developers in the world to become a Unity Certified Developer. Book now to participate in the Certified Developer test on June 1. If you pass the exam, you get a printable e-certificate, and your name will be listed in the Unity Certification Lookup. It’s a great way to boost both your resume and chances of getting your dream job!

Finally, hit the dance floor at our Unite Europe party, where the marvellous Chipzel will serve up her irresistible 8-beats!

We are so happy to announce Narrative Track to take place for the first time at DevGAMM and in Russia. Narrative Track will be held in Green Hall on May 13 from 11:00 to 18:00.
Do not miss it, register for DevGAMM now!

Good at telling stories? Sign up for Narrative Challenge and test yourself! Fill in this form to be chosen for the challenge of the century! What is going to happen? No one knows. That’s part of the fun!

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Speaker: Alexey Kolesnikov, World & Story designer, Mail.Ru Group

Session: What is the complexity of the plot development for MMO? For how long you can plan the plot, and where all the plans turn to ashes? How does the work of a writer on large projects such as “Allods Online” happen, and why do we need a script in MMORPGs? These and other questions will be answered by head writer of “Allods Online” – Alexey Kolesnikov. First-Hand narrative design of well-known domestic MMO.

Speaker: Alexander Zorich, Gamewriter, Zorichbooks

Session: It will be a highly colored story about ups and downs of Russian writers in game industry.
Why are the most of the products which based on real books… that strange?
Who is guilty of it? What to do with it? Learn the answers.

Speaker: Vladislav Arkhipov, Of Counsel, Dentons

Session: This session will be focused on the legal side of narrative design and will answer questions: what a narrative designer should do to minimize risks of individual legal claims and/or risks of putting his/her company into a compromising situation, especially when characters themselves are Easter eggs, where a thin line exists between a parody and infringement.

Speaker: Igor Nesmelov, Game Designer, Saber Interactive

Session: Humor, no doubt, adds fun to any game. Humor in the Witcher, GTA, Borderlands is widely used for opening game universes and characters, while in The Stanley Parable and Jazzpunk it’s a driving force behind the game mechanics and narrative. But how to use this powerful tool? Why something seems funny? What is the gag, refrain, punchline? And what are the new forms of funny that gamedev can give us in the near future?

Speaker: Evgeniy Danilov, Independent Expert

Session: We achieve enlightenment on the following questions: what the writer needs to know in the first place? How to bring the script from idea to implementation in the game?
How to interest players with text and characters?
The finale will feature spirits materialization and tips on tools.

Speaker: Anton Lande, Art Director, Academy of Acting Arts Lande Project

Session: Games evoke the emotions of players. We put a lot of effort into it, to control exactly which emotions, positive are certainly better than negative. We try to involve the player in what is happening in the game, create a link between the player and the characters in the game. Theater and film actors are able to channel emotions of the viewer and their own emotions while acting. Actor’s school teacher Anton Lande will hold an exclusive master class on the use of acting techniques in the development of computer games.

Participants: Evgeniy Danilov, Independent Expert
Evgeni Puzankov, Suricate Games
Alina Brazdeikene, Creative Mobile
Alexey Kolesnikov, Mail.Ru Group
Host: Maria Kochakova, Narratorika

Discussion Panel: Whether there is going to be a story in your game or not the decision is up to you. Story, as well as any feature requires resources. And often you are faced the question whether these resources are worth to invest. Will there be a return? Will the time and effort spent on the production and implementation of the history of the game pay off? Is it possible to predict financial results of the game, with the story or without? During this discussion panel we dare to do the impossible to clash the harmony with algebra.